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Mis Amigos De La Clase

Hola?Qu? tal

In this chapter you will learn how to Greet and say goodbye to people in formal and informal situations

Describe your classroom, your friends and other people

Use numbers up to 100 and exchange telephone numbers

Spell names

Exploraciones gramaticales

Gender and number of nouns

Definite/indefinite articles and the use of hay

The verb ser

Gender and number of adjectives

En vivo

La lista de?tiles escolares

Las prefieres rubias o pelinegras

Conexiones culturales

Latinos e hispanos en el mundo

La diversidad del mundo hispanohablante

Lectura

La identidad de los hispanos

Algunas personas famosas de Latinoam?rica y Espa?a

Exploraciones profesionales

Trabajo social

?Como Es Tu Vida

In this chapter you will learn how to Talk about your classes

Describe your family and tell ages

Talk about what people do routinely

Express ownership

Exploraciones gramaticales

The verb tener and expressions with tener

Adjective placement

Regular -ar verbs

Possessive adjectives

En vivo

Un plan de estudios

Una tarjeta

Conexiones culturales

La educaci?n en los pa?ses hispanos

El papel de la familia y su valor

Lectura

Otros sistemas universitarios

Una familia t?pica latinoamericana

Exploraciones profesionales

Educaci?n

?Que Tiempo Hace Hoy

In this chapter you will learn how to: Communicate dates, time and seasons

Talk about the weather

Discuss clothing

Discuss your likes and dislikes

Use question words to ask for specific information

Exploraciones gramaticales

Present tense of -er and -ir verbs

Me gusta/te gusta/le gusta (introduction)

Stem-changing verbs I (e - ie. e - i)

Information questions

En Vivo

La cartelera

La Paz ya tiene Miss Cholita

Conexiones Culturales

Algunas celebraciones

El clima y la ropa

Lectura

La Navidad en algunos pa?ses hispanos

Los trajes tradicionales

Exploraciones profesionales

Las ventas

Donde Vives

In this chapter you will learn how to Describe your town or city

Describe your house

Tell what you and others are going to do in the near future

Request information about the cost of things

Exploraciones gramaticales

The verb ir and the ir + a + infinitive

Estar with prepositions

Stem-changing verbs (o - ue)

Adjective placement II

En vivo

Un directorio para turistas

Casas en venta

Conexiones culturales

Ciudades fuera de lo com?n

Soluciones para la vivienda

Lectura

Algunas ciudades?nicas de Am?rica Latina

Exploraciones profesionales

Construcci?n

?Estas Feliz En El Trabajo

In this chapter you will learn how to Describe your feelings, emotions and physical states

Talk about ongoing actions

Discuss abilities needed for certain jobs and professions

Exploraciones gramaticales

Estar with adjectives and with present progressive

Ser and estar

Irregular verbs with changes in the first person

Saber y Conocer

En Vivo

Eres un genio

Las solicitudes de empleo

Conexiones Culturales

Las emociones y el bienestar

Las profesiones y la econom?a

Lectura

Qui?nes son m?s felices

Profesiones poco comunes

Exploraciones profesionales

El trabajo social

?Como Pasas El Dia

In this chapter you will learn how to Talk about your daily routine

Discuss your hobbies and pastimes

Talk about sports

Discuss events that occurred in the past

Exploraciones gramaticales

Reflexive verbs

Affirmative and negative expressions

Preterite of regular verbs and verbs with spelling changes

Preterite (stem changers)

En vivo

La higiene

La biograf?a de Ana Guevara

Conexiones culturales

La vida diaria

Los deportes en Espa?a y Latinoam?rica

Lectura

La siesta

Deportistas famosos

Exploraciones profesionales

La salud y el estado f?sico

?Como Pasaste Las Vacaciones

In this chapter you will learn how to Request a room in a hotel and any of their services

Use numbers above 100

Order food in a restaurant

Exploraciones gramaticales

Preterite (irregular)

Por and para and prepositional pronouns

Direct object pronouns (3rd person)

Direct object pronouns (1st and 2nd person)

En vivo

Un folleto de un hotel

Un men? para un restaurante

Conexiones Culturales

Lugares excepcionales

Tanta comida! Lectura

D?nde quedarse: hoteles, moteles, pensiones o albergues

La comida r?pida en Latinoam?rica y Espa?a

Exploraciones profesionales

La hoteler?a

?Que Haces En Tu Tiempo Libre

At the end of the chapter, you will be able to Give instructions

Talk about your hobbies and pastimes

Talk about what you used to do in the past

Exploraciones gramaticales

Indirect object pronouns

The impersonal se and the passive se

Imperfect (used to)

Double object pronouns

En vivo

Volante del supermercado

Servicio para fiestas infantiles

Conexiones culturales

Tanta comida

La m?sica

Lectura

Los alimentos del Nuevo Mundo

Literatura para ni?os

Exploraciones profesionales

La cocina

?Que Paso

In this chapter you will learn how to: At the end of the chapter, you will be able to Describe in detail past events

Talk about holidays and celebrations

Give the details of an accident

Exploraciones gram?ticales

A comparison of the preterite and the imperfect

Uses of the preterite and the imperfect

Preterite and imperfect with emotions and mental states

An overview of the preterite and the imperfect

En vivo

Un anuncio para una fiesta de quince a?os

Recomendaciones para peatones

Conexiones Culturales

Festivales y celebraciones

Viajes y transportes

Lectura

El D?a de los Muertos

Leyendas urbanas

Exploraciones profesionales

El orden p?blico

?Quien Te Cuida La Casa Mientras Estas De Viaje

At the end of the chapter, you will be able to Discuss daily chores

Give and receive directions

Make travel arrangements

Suggest activities

Make informal and formal requests

Exploraciones gram?ticales

Formal commands

Relative pronouns

Informal commands

Commands with pronouns

En vivo

Conexiones Culturales

La econom?a del turismo

Los trabajadores

Lectura

Ad?nde ir de vacaciones

La ayuda dom?stica

Exploraciones profesionales

Crimonolog?a

?Que Haces Durante El Fin De Semana

At the end of the chapter, you will be able to Express preferences and make comparisons

Describe the state of objects and people

Exploraciones gram?ticales

Comparisons

Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns

Estar with the past participle

Se to indicate accidental occurrences

En vivo

Conexiones Culturales

La moda

Las artes tradicionales

Lectura

Las Tapadas en Per

Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo

Exploraciones profesionales

El periodismo

?Que Sea Del Planeta

At the end of the chapter, you will be able to Talk about the future

Talk about what you have done

Discuss the environment

Express your opinions and knowledge about the animal world and the environment

Express doubt and certainty

Exploraciones gram?ticales

Future

Present perfect

Present subjunctive with impersonal expressions

Present subjunctive with doubt

En vivo

Conexiones Culturales

La geograf?a

La ecolog?a

Lectura

Los parques nacionales en Costa Rica

Animales fant?sticos

Exploraciones profesionales

Industria verde

?Tienes Muchos Compromisos Sociales

At the end of the chapter, you will be able to Talk about relationships

Express desires and give recommendations

Talk about popular culture

Discuss emotional reactions to events

Exploraciones gram?ticales

Reciprocal verbs

Present subjunctive with expressions of desire

Present subjunctive with expressions of emotion

Present subjunctive with adjective clauses

En vivo

Conexiones Culturales

El cortejo

De pel?cula

Lectura

La fiesta de quincea?era y sus ra?ces

Las telenovelas

Exploraciones profesionales

Televisi?n y cine

?Te Preocupa Tu Salud

At the end of the chapter, you will be able to Discuss health issues with a doctor